Roy Haynes © Andrea Canter

Best Jazz Vocal Album nominees are Footprints by Karrin Allyson [ Click here for a Jazz Police review], Easy To Love by Roberta Gambarini, Live At Jazz Standard With Fred Hersch by Nancy King, From This Moment On by Diana Krall and Turned To Blue by Nancy Wilson [Click here for a Jazz Police review].

Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group nominations went to Sound Grammar by Ornette Coleman [Sound Grammar]; The Ultimate Adventure by Chick Corea[Stretch Records]; Trio Beyond — Saudades by Jack DeJohnette, Larry Goldings & John Scofield [ECM]; Beyond The Wall [Nonesuch]; and Sonny, Please by Sonny Rollins [Doxy Records].

The song "Mornin'" by George Benson (& Al Jarreau) won a nomination in the Best Pop Instrumental Performance category (For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, without vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical went to The Phat Pack, Marcelo Penell, Dave Sharenow & Tommy Vicari, engineers (Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band). Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album category included jazzster Tony Bennett's Duets: An American Classic and Bette Midler Sings The Peggy Lee Songbook. Dan Morgenstern's liner notes for If You Got To Ask, You Ain't Got It!(Fats Waller) were also nominated.

First we will list the Jazz field nominees followed by the complete list of all nominees, in all categories.

Field 10 — Jazz

Category 45

Best Contemporary Jazz Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.)

Sexmob © Don Berryman

• The Hidden Land
  Béla Fleck & The Flecktones
  [Columbia]

• People People Music Music
  Groove Collective
  [Savoy Jazz Worldwide]

• Rewind That
  Christian Scott
  [Concord Jazz]

• Sexotica
  Sex Mob
  [Thirsty Ear Recordings, Inc.]

• Who Let The Cats Out?
  Mike Stern
  [Heads Up]
  
  
  

Category 46

Best Jazz Vocal Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

• Footprints
  Karrin Allyson
  [Concord Jazz]

• Easy To Love
  Roberta Gambarini
  [Groovin' High/Kindred Rhythm]

• Live At Jazz Standard With Fred Hersch
  Nancy King
  [Maxjazz]

• From This Moment On
  Diana Krall
  [Verve]

• Turned To Blue
  Nancy Wilson
  [MCG Jazz]
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Category 47

Best Jazz Instrumental Solo
(For an instrumental jazz solo performance. Two equal performers on one recording may be eligible as one entry. If the soloist listed appears on a recording billed to another artist, the latter's name is in parenthesis for identification. Singles or Tracks only.)

Paquito D’Rivera © Andrea Canter

• Some Skunk Funk
  Michael Brecker, soloist
  Track from: Some Skunk Funk (Randy Brecker w/Michael Brecker)
  [Telarc Jazz/BHM]

• Paq Man
  Paquito D'Rivera, soloist
  Track from: From The Heart (Hilario Duran And His Latin Jazz Big Band)
  [Alma Records]

• Freedom Jazz Dance
  Taylor Eigsti, soloist
  Track from: Lucky To Be Me
  [Concord Jazz]

• Hippidy Hop (Drum Solo)
  Roy Haynes, soloist
  Track from: Whereas
  [Dreyfus Jazz]
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• Hope
  Branford Marsalis, soloist
  Track from: Braggtown
  [Marsalis Music/Rounder]
  
  
  

Category 48

Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.)

• Sound Grammar
  Ornette Coleman
  

  

  Sonny Rollins
  [Sound Grammar]

• The Ultimate Adventure
  Chick Corea
  [Stretch Records]

• Trio Beyond — Saudades
  Jack DeJohnette, Larry Goldings & John Scofield
  [ECM]

• Beyond The Wall
  Kenny Garrett
  [Nonesuch]

• Sonny, Please
  Sonny Rollins
  [Doxy Records]
  
  

Category 49

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
(For large jazz ensembles, including big band sounds. Albums must contain 51% or more INSTRUMENTAL tracks.)

Ku-umba Frank Lacy © Andera Canter

• Some Skunk Funk
  Randy Brecker With Michael Brecker, Jim Beard, Will Lee, Peter Erskine, Marcio Doctor & Vince Mendoza conducting The WDR Big Band Köln
  [Telarc Jazz/BHM]

• Spirit Music
  Bob Brookmeyer — New Art Orchestra
  [ArtistShare]

• Streams Of Expression
  Joe Lovano Ensemble
  [Blue Note Records]

• Live In Tokyo At The Blue Note
  Mingus Big Band
  [Sunnyside/Sue Mingus Music]

• Up From The Skies — Music Of Jim McNeely
  The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra
  [Planet Arts Recordings]
  
  
  

Category 50

Best Latin Jazz Album
(Vocal or Instrumental.)

Dafnis Prieto © Ben Long

• Codes
  Ignacio Berroa
  [Blue Note Records]

• Cubist Music
  Edsel Gomez
  [Zoho]

• Simpático
  The Brian Lynch/Eddie Palmieri Project
  [ArtistShare]

• Absolute Quintet
  Dafnis Prieto
  [Zoho]

• Viva
  Diego Urcola, Edward Simon, Avishai Cohen, Antonio Sanchez & Pernell Saturnino
  [CAM Jazz]